Tag Archives: Deep Time

Strange connections

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Guthlac

Every now and then I sometimes wonder if there is something strange going on just outside of my conscious mind.  Perhaps it is serendipity, perhaps fate or perhaps a random interaction of cosmic particles passing through my body making neurons … Continue reading →

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Avebury

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Guthlac

I knew I had some images from Avebury buried deep in my archive – some of the earliest digital images I captured back in 2003.   Suddenly they have new relevance given my interest in Deep Time.

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Noon Columns

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Guthlac

A while ago I went to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to see a major exhibition of work by David Nash.  What I didn’t know at the time was that I had already made some photographs of Nash’s work for the … Continue reading →

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Deep time goes deeper than I thought

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Guthlac

These three sketches go back to the start of my transition from photographer to artist – autumn 2010 and would seem to indicate that this project is somehow interwoven with this move. So perhaps it is deeper than I thought … Continue reading →

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Trying to understand a concept

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Guthlac

So how do you make a photographic image of a concept?   This is the question I haven’t come anywhere near to answering with my Deep Time project.  At the moment I’ve been capturing images of the rocks themselves but … Continue reading →

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Do crayfish suffer from altitude sickness and other metaphorical questions

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Guthlac

Metaphors are an important part of the english language – using an image to convey an idea.  Now I’m not going to get into any in depth discussion  about metaphors – if you want to know more then consult Stephen … Continue reading →

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Contemplating Mortality

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Guthlac

Sometimes you just can’t think about what will happen once you are no longer here.  Just how long will you be remembered and by whom?  The best most of us can hope for is three generations, your generation, your children’s … Continue reading →

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Deep Time

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Guthlac

It was just a bit blowy this afternoon on top of Beacon Hill.  I’ve started to make some images for me very long term project called Deep Time.  I was back on my favourite stomping ground – Pre Cambrian Charnwood … Continue reading →

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Coal

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Guthlac

Coal is just another creation of the geological process that can be clearly explained by geologists the world over.  They can predict where the coal measures are to be found and mining engineers can predict just how much of the … Continue reading →

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Scale

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Guthlac

Some more images of the Big Hole at Croft. The screen grab from Google Earth shows where the image was taken from. The whole itself is around 1km across and probably at least 200 metres deep. Now I know there … Continue reading →

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